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ARM 04, 040 (P338802)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338802 |
| Museum no. | NMSD — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Mari (mod. Tell Hariri) |
| Coordinates | 34.5504, 40.8887 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na ia-as2#-ma-ah-{d}iszkur | to Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma isz-me-{d}da-gan | Thus Išme-Dagan |
| 4 | a-hu-ka-a-ma | your brother |
| 5 | isz-tu da-wi-da-am a-du-ku | After I was a man, |
| 6 | a-na ha-na-_mesz_ | to the mayors |
| 7 | asz-pu-ur-ma | I wrote, and |
| 8 | is3-sa-lim | Issalim |
| 9 | ha-na-[_mesz_ sa-al-mu] | the sanctuaries are well. |
| 10 | sza-ni*-[tam s,a-bu-um] | Secondly, the ṣabum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _dumu?-mesz#?_ [...] | sons(?) |
| 2 | i-na su#-[da-a{ki}] | in Suda |
| 3 | ip-ta-t,a3-ar# | he has released |
| 4 | ur-gi-isz{ki}-ma | of Urgiš |
| 5 | u3 szi-na-ah{ki} | and Šinaḫ |
| 6 | sza uh-hu-ru | that he has received |
| 7 | ki-ma pa-ni-ia-ma | like my face |
| 8 | e-le-qe2-szu-nu-ti-ma | I took them, and |
| 9 | a-na s,e-ri-ia | to my country |
| 10 | u2-sze-sze-er# | he shall remove |
| 11 | an-ni#-tam lu-u2 ti-de | May you know this! |
Sources & licences
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